Thursday, August 18, 2016

Who goes there? It's a mante religieuse, a predator of insects as well as small lizards and frogs. Friend Sylvia crept up on this young praying mantis to snap a photo in her garden in the south of France. The mantis is native to the Mediterranean basin and owes its name to the fact that its large forelegs fold into a seemingly praying position.

Vocabulary

un religieux, une religieuse: (noun) a person who takes a vow to follow a religious order